Kevin Streelman watches his drive on the second hole during the final round of theTravelers Championship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. Streelman finished his round with seven straight birdies to win the tournament at 15-under par. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Kevin Streelman watches his drive on the second hole during the...

Kevin Streelman watches his drive on the 18th hole during the final round of theTravelers Championship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. Streelman finished his round with seven straight birdies to win the tournament at 15-under par. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Kevin Streelman watches his drive on the 18th hole during the final...

Michael Putnam watches his drive on the third hole during the third round of the TravelersChampionship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Saturday, June 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Michael Putnam watches his drive on the third hole during the third...

Sergio Garcia, of Spain, watches his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the TravelersChampionship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Sergio Garcia, of Spain, watches his tee shot on the second hole...

Sang-Moon Bae, of South Korea, hits out of a greenside bunker on the first hole during the final round of the TravelersChampionship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham

Sang-Moon Bae, of South Korea, hits out of a greenside...

Scott Langley reads his birdie putt on the first hole during the final round of the TravelersChampionship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. Langley birdied the first three holes to start his round. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Scott Langley reads his birdie putt on the first hole during the...

Aaron Baddeley, of Australia, watches his drive on the second hole during the final round of the TravelersChampionship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Aaron Baddeley, of Australia, watches his drive on the second hole...

Scott Langley watches his drive on the second hole during the final round of the TravelersChampionship golf tournament in Cromwell, Conn., Sunday, June 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Fred Beckham)

Scott Langley watches his drive on the second hole during the final...

CROMWELL -- As he walked off the ninth green Sunday and down the road that led to the 10th tee, Kevin Streelman turned to his caddie, A.J. Montecinos, and said, "Let's go shoot 29."

Now, you couldn't have have blamed Montecinos if he had doubts about Streelman going lights out on the back nine. Coming into the 2014 Travelers Championship, his boss had missed four straight cuts, was struggling big time with his game and was six shots behind the leader at that moment, Aaron Baddeley.

"He says things like that, but he doesn't always tell the truth," Montecinos said. "I didn't know that it was coming today but ... I won't doubt him anymore."

As it turns out, Streelman didn't shoot 29. He went one better, posting a magical 28 -- thanks to an all-time PGA Tour-record seven birdies in a row to end his round -- to record a 6-under-par 64 to finish at 15-under 265 and take a one stroke win over Sergio Garcia and K.J. Choi at the Tournament Players Club River Highlands.

The previous birdie record was six straight to finish, set by Mike Souchak in 1956 when he won the St. Paul Open and the $4,000 first prize. Streelman's seven straight birdie binge at the Travelers earned him $1.116 million.

"Obviously, he played amazing in the back nine," said Garcia, who was a co-leader for a while before notching back-to-back bogeys at 9 and 10. "And going birdie, birdie (to finish) ... we were all trying (to catch him), but I wasn't able to do it."

Neither was Choi, who led the field at 14-under after a birdie at No. 13, which turned out to be his last of the day. With many of the players spinning their wheels down the stretch, it was Streelman who sped away with the win.

Defending champion Ken Duke shot a 68 Sunday to finish at 4-under 276 and a tied for 47th.

Streelman came to the Travelers after missing cuts at the Players, the Memorial, the FedEx and the U.S. Open. Rounds of 69, 68 and 64 left him four shots behind Ryan Moore heading into the final round. And heading toward a much-needed two-week fishing vacation, Streelman wasn't exactly thinking that a Sunday back-nine 7-under 28 would be in the cards.

"I didn't really have much of a goal," Streelman said. "Going into two weeks off, I just wanted to have some fun and hopefully have some good mojo into the off weeks."

Things got dicey early at No. 2 as Streelman overshot the green and then chunked his chip, resulting in a bogey. At 7, a poor second shot out of the fairway bunker led to a second bogey but a laser wedge to 10-feet at No. 9 led to a birdie but he made the turn six shots behind Baddeley.

After huge par saves at 10 and 11, Streelman nailed a wedge to seven-feet and made it to get the birdie string rolling. Next, came a 5-footer at 13, a 21-footer at 14, a 12-footer at 15, a 37-footer at 16, a 3-footer at 17 and a 9-footer at 18. He walked off as the leader in the clubhouse and had to wait close to a half-hour to see if the lead would hold up.